I was born in Poonch (Kashmir) and now I live in Norway. I oppose war and violence and am a firm believer in the peaceful co-existence of all nations and peoples. In my academic work I have tried to espouse the cause of the weak and the oppressed in a world dominated by power politics, misleading propaganda and violations of basic human rights. I also believe that all conscious members of society have a moral duty to stand for and further the cause of peace and human rights throughout the world.

Thursday, January 01, 2015

American rulers and Israel’s occupation of Palestine

Editor’s comment: The rejection of the Palestinian
resolution in the Security Council was expected because of the role of
American power in the world and also in the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC). There was hardly any indication of any change in the US
policy in the UNSC. But in case of more favourable voting in favour of
the resolution, the US would have vetoed it. Such has been the standard
US practice in the UNSC on numerous occasions when any matter
came up regarding Israel’s violations of human rights or violence
against the Palestinians in the occupied land. In any case, the US has
been pivotal in supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestine for many
decades and it will continue to do so because of the power of Israel and
Israeli lobby on the US Governemnt and the US Congress. Therefore,
America is the main hurdle to the Palestinians’ right to
self-determination, the guarantor of the continued Israeli occupation of
Palestine and its firm supporter for the oppression, suppression and
enslavement of the people of Palestine.

UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council rejected a Palestinian
resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years
late Tuesday, a blow to an Arab campaign to get the U.N.’s most powerful
body to take action to achieve an independent state of Palestine.

The United States, Israel’s
closest ally, had made clear its opposition to the draft resolution,
insisting on a negotiated peace agreement between Israel and the
Palestinians, not an imposed timetable. It would have used its veto if
necessary but it didn’t have to because the resolution failed to get the
minimum nine “yes” votes required for adoption by the 15-member
council.